Trump Administration

The EPA chief is doing lasting damage, but his boss’ antics are getting all of the attention. Portland Press Herald editorial One might be tempted to assume that having Scott Pruitt – a devout climate change denier who, as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is to public health what medieval rats were to, Read More

The Trump Administration has announced plans to open up the Atlantic Ocean, including the Maine coast, to oil and gas drilling. This would devastate Maine’s coastlines, fisheries, and coastal communities. We need to protect our oceans from oil drilling – Mainers have too much to lose and nothing to gain from a plan that would expose Read More

By Jennifer Mitchell Maine Public news story Listen to full news story. On Thursday, the Trump administration announced a draft proposal that would open large swaths of federal waters to potential oil and gas drilling, including the coast of Maine. The proposal would open most of the outer continental shelf to oil and gas drilling Read More

By Jeff Wells, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Since the age of 5, my son has been able to identify a bald eagle when one perches or flies near our house in Maine. Forty years ago, this would not have been the case, as Maine’s population had declined to only 30 nesting Read More

by Lisa Friedman and Glenn Thrush New York Times news story WASHINGTON — Directly contradicting much of the Trump administration’s position on climate change, 13 federal agencies unveiled an exhaustive scientific report on Friday that says humans are the dominant cause of the global temperature rise that has created the warmest period in the history Read More

Lowering the standards harms air quality, destabilizes the climate and is bad for Mainers. By Marina Schauffler Portland Press Herald op-ed As ineffectual as this president appears, his Cabinet members are stealthily orchestrating destructive changes. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is intent on subverting that agency’s mission. At the behest of automakers, he is Read More

Guest Column by Lee Margolin Keep Maine Current op-ed Beer, fish and lamprey. These are a few of my favorite things and they all depend on clean water. Luckily I am able to enjoy all three living in Harrison on the Crooked River, a class AA stream and the main tributary for Sebago Lake. As Read More

Plans to reduce waterway protections, EPA research funding and pollution rules are all bad for Mainers. by Eliot Stanley of Portland, formerly chair of the Maine Regulatory Fairness Board and a record-holding Sebago Lake angler, serves on the board of the Sebago Lake Anglers Association. Portland Press Herald op-ed Summer is here. It’s the time Read More